Daming Military Empire

Chapter 195 Captive Captain
The battle at Jilong Port has lasted for three or four days. The Dutch Formosa chief and pirate Liu Xiang attacked the Spanish San Salvador city. Surrounded up from the north, they wiped out Liu Xiang's tribe of pirates in the outer circle in one fell swoop.

It is said that the Dutch and the pirate Liu Xiang are obviously allies, why didn't they react at all when they watched the Daming navy besiege and beat Liu Xiang?
They want to respond. The problem is that their chief, Putmans, has led most of his troops to Jilong Island to attack San Salvador. There are dozens of sailors and a few on their warships and armed merchant ships. Ten artillerymen, how do you react?

In fact, they still reacted, but instead of helping the pirates deal with the Daming Navy, they went to the north shore of Jilong Island to pick up their chief, Putmans.

Seeing the sudden appearance of so many Daming warships, Putmans lost interest in attacking the Spaniards for a while. He hurriedly led more than 1000 Dutchmen and more than 1000 pirates carrying cannons to the north shore of Jilong Island. Let's go back to the battleship first.

He returned to the only super battleship of the Dutch very quickly, but it took a long time for his more than 120 artillery pieces to be transported back to the battleship and armed merchant ship.As a result, their artillery had just been transported back to the ship, and before they had time to put it back in place, the pirate Liu Xiang was wiped out by the Daming Navy!
In fact, Putmans was not very afraid of the Daming Navy. If he had been, he would have dropped the more than 120 cannons and ran away. The reason why he didn't run away was because he didn't believe that the Daming Navy dared to do anything to him.Although the pirate Liu Xiang is their ally, he is a pirate after all. It is only natural for the Daming navy to suppress pirates. It is not easy for him to intervene when the strength is not as good as others. He thought that it would be fine for the Daming navy to fight pirates He decided not to dare to attack his fleet, because he is a Dutchman, this is the Dutch fleet, and the Netherlands is now the overlord of the sea. If Da Ming dares to attack his fleet, he is not afraid of the Dutch navy's revenge!
This time he really guessed wrong, and it was outrageously wrong. The Daming Navy was here to deal with him, and the pirate Liu Xiangbu was just there to deal with it incidentally!

No, Zheng Zhihu had just watched Liu Xiang's suicide performance, and immediately assembled fifty super battleships, and forced them towards the Dutch fleet near the north shore of Jilong Island.

Putmans felt that something was wrong, he hurriedly asked the orderly to climb up the mast, and asked the Daming Navy what they wanted to do with a semaphore, but the Daming Navy didn't respond at all, and surrounded them directly.Putmans was so angry, he pointed at Ming's fleet and roared: "Go, tell them, we are the fleet of the Dutch East India Company, and let them get out of the way."

Another orderly climbed up to the mast and sent a semaphore, and the Daming Navy finally responded. All the battleships were slammed sideways, and the right side of the ship was "booming" at them, which was a round of shelling, and the shells fell like raindrops. !

There are only a dozen or so large ships here, and they are still standing still. At least one-third of the shells flying over hit their warships and armed merchant ships.

Fifty super battleships have fifty cannons on each side, which adds up to 800 cannons, and one-third is more than [-] shells. That is to say, each of the Dutch warships and armed merchant ships has been hit seven or eight times. Ten rounds.This number is a bit terrifying. For a while, there were holes everywhere on the side of the ship and the sails, and the deck was crackling non-stop, interspersed with countless screams. A round of shells hit, and many Dutchmen and pirates who were carrying the artillery were hit, and the deck was covered in blood and blood!
Putmans couldn't believe his eyes, is the Great Ming Empire crazy?They are Dutch, and the two countries are not in a state of war. They opened fire without saying a word. Aren't they afraid that the Dutch navy will come to clean them up!
"Boom boom boom" answered him with another round of shells, Putmans jumped up from the chair in the command room in shock, how is it possible, how is this possible, no need to load ammunition?The same question as Liu Xiang popped up in his mind, but "boom boom boom" answered him with another round of shells!
"Fuck, what's the point of being unreasonable!" Putmans roared, and "Boom Boom Boom" answered him with another round of shelling!
"Fack, don't you know we are Dutch!" Putmans continued to growl, and "Boom Boom Boom" answered him with a round of shelling!
"Oh, Shete, prepare to fight back!" Putmans couldn't take it anymore and ordered to fight back, but "Boom Boom Boom" answered him with a round of shelling!
As soon as the sound of this round of artillery came, there was a loud "boom", and a hole was suddenly smashed into his command room, "Oh, buy cakes, pay attention to concealment." The messenger hurriedly followed suit.

"Boom boom boom" "boom boom boom" "boom boom boom". After ten rounds of continuous bombardment, the Ming Navy finally stopped. At this time, the Dutch super battleships and armed merchant ships were incomparably miserable. There are holes everywhere on the deck, and a complete building can no longer be seen on the entire deck, and many gun ports on both sides have also been smashed, and some shells even flew in from the gun ports, killing the artillery inside!
Putmans thought that the Ming army stopped to give him time to think about it, and there was nothing to think about, so he quickly kicked an orderly out from under the table, and then shouted: "Surrender, we surrender, go quickly!" Tell them we surrender!"

The orderly ran out and climbed up the mast with a few swishes. This time, he didn't need to make a semaphore. He took out a piece of white cloth from his arms and waved it vigorously.

Zheng Zhihu saw the situation through the binoculars, and showed a disdainful smile, hehe, aren't the Dutch very good, you also know how to surrender!

He carefully admired the tragic situation of the Dutch fleet for a while, and then he gave an order: "Order, the left army and the right army should go up and control all their ships, and let them escort that officer over to me."

The messenger ran outside and climbed up the mast to semaphore. Ten battleships on the left and right slowly approached the Dutch fleet. Hang up the slide rope, just use the drop, and slide onto the Dutchman's boat.

After they boarded the ship, they were much more civilized than when they were pirates. They just unloaded the Dutch guns and tied their hands behind their backs. When he was tying Putmans, he gave up and yelled loudly while pushing back: "I am the chief of the Dutch embassy in Formosa, you can't tie me up!"

After all, Zheng Zhilong had done business with the Dutch for a long time, and many of these naval officers and soldiers knew a little bit of Dutch, so they were a little hesitant now, should they be tied or not?

At this time, Chen Zhang, the general of the left army, happened to board the ship, and Mr. Qian, who was in charge of controlling the battleship, hurried up, gave a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "General Qi, what kind of officer does this person say he is? Let us tie it up, how do you see how to deal with it?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhang rolled his eyes. He was ordered to escort this officer to the flagship. Whether he was tied or not, he walked over, kicked Putmans onto the deck, and then said to his relatives. Wei Dao: "Tie it up, take it on, and follow me to the flagship."

The two personal guards beside him immediately rushed up, held Putmans down, tied his hands behind his back skillfully, and then stood him up.

Putmans was yelling non-stop, Chen Zhang actually understood it completely, but he was too lazy to talk to this guy, so he just turned around and left, and the two guards hurriedly followed Putmans.

The guy was still yelling until he got on the flagship, Chen Zhang frowned, slapped his hand back, and scolded in Dutch: "Shut up, I'll take you to see my officer now, be honest with me. "

A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses. Although Putmans was full of anger, he kept his mouth shut honestly. However, as soon as he entered Zheng Zhihu's command room, he saw Chen Zhang salute Zheng Zhihu respectfully, and immediately knew that this was Daming The commander of the fleet stopped, and he protested directly: "Your Excellency, your subordinate is too rude. He not only tied me up, but also beat me. You and I are both commanders. I demand equal dialogue, and I demand that you be strict. Punish your rude subordinate."

Zheng Zhihu heard the words and asked directly in Dutch: "Oh, what is your military rank?"

Putmans thought that Zheng Zhihu was concerned about the Dutch navy and wanted to give him an equal opportunity to talk, so he immediately said proudly: "I am a captain of the Dutch navy."

Zheng Zhihu glanced at his mouth, and jokingly said: "A captain, you dare to ask for an equal dialogue with me. You know my rank. You admirals are not as high as mine. Kneel down and talk to me."

Putmans still wanted to protest, but Chen Zhang walked over and kicked Putmans on the knee, kicking him to the ground with a groan.

Zheng Zhihu nodded and said with a smile: "Well, that's about the same. In our Daming, if you despise a superior, you will be beheaded. I still have something for you to do. I don't want to behead you yet."

Putmans was about to speak harshly at this moment, and when he heard that his head was going to be beheaded, he immediately fell silent. It would not be worthwhile to lose his head for a while.

Seeing that he was being honest, Zheng Zhihu put away his joking expression, and said solemnly: "I am now officially informing you that our Daming is going to take back Formosa, if you can write a letter to your subordinates, ask them to quit the hot spot right away." Lan Zhe City, I will let you and your men go."

Hearing this, Putmans thought for a while, no, he has not been punished for the crime of losing a merchant ship, and if he wants to hand over the city of Zeelandia to the Ming Empire, he will definitely be hanged when he goes back. He simply replied rather stiffly: "I don't know how to write letters. If you want to kill it, kill it."

Zheng Zhihu didn't expect this guy to be so unafraid of death, so there was nothing to say, and he said directly, "Chen Zhang, the general of the left army, obeys the order."

Chen Zhang hurriedly knelt on one knee and said loudly, "The end is here."

Zheng Zhihu signed a general order and threw it to him, and then ordered: "Let you lead ten battleships of the left army, together with two thousand musketeers from the second regiment of the imperial guards, escort all the Dutch prisoners to Chichi, and hand them over to the Beiyang Navy. Lord Admiral Huanglong."

Putmans made it clear that he was unwilling to persuade the Dutch defenders in Zeelandia to surrender, so what's the use of sending him there?This chapter is over, please see the next chapter for decomposition.

(End of this chapter)